27 For The Win!

Last Thursday was a great day.  In fact, it was the perfect day to turn 27.  Which is exactly what I did!

The last few birthday's were replete with tears on or around March 15.  The Quarterlife Crisis is real I tell you.  Really real.

This year I had zero anxiety, zero regrets, and zero cry sessions.  The day was lovely and complete with breakfast made for me by roommate, a dog sleeping under my desk all day, a lovely playlist to listen to at work, college basketball viewing, a new birthday outfit, a manicure, and some of my favorite people at one of my favorite bars.  Oh, pizza and Peeps made an appearance too!  Perfection.

Birthday Playlist (there's no rhyme or reason to the selections... they just felt right)...

People C'Mon - Delta Spirit
Kodachrome - Paul Simon
I'll Be yours - Those Dancing Days
Nothing Short of Thankful - The Avett Brothers
Ten-Twenty-Twn - The Generationals
King of the World - First Aid Kit
Ce Jeu - Yelle
Long Walk To Never - JayMay
Go Out All Night - Givers
Goin' Home - Dan Auerbach
No Longer There - The Cat Empire
I'm Always In Love - Wilco

Don't like the weather? Wait 5 minutes.

The sideways rain, sleet, and snow couldn't keep me away from my post-yoga run around Greenlake this evening...

The misery totally paid off when in my last 5 minutes of running the sun came out and gifted us with this...

Oh the Horror...

So since Pinterest has BLOWN up I have basically given up browsing any pins outside of the people I already follow.  The linked recipe below is exactly the reason why.  I nearly had to excuse myself from the office today when I saw this... apologies to you die hard red meat eaters who think that it looks delicious.

I'm not even going to post the image itself... it was the disturbing...
Click here to have your arteries insta-clog.


Oh and Happy Birthday Week to me!

Sunglasses Required...

Today's going to be good. 

Yep! I Did February Photo A Day...

Yeah so I know we are now well into March but I was so darn diligent with my FebPhotoADay snapshotting that I had to post a few of my favorites.  For those of you who don't know about it here's the list (along with a link to the original) of the daily photos participants are to snap...

Below are about half of the pictures I threw up on instagram throughout the month of February!  Enjoy!

Oh yeah!  And happy "my birthday month" AKA March!

Pet Owners Be Crazy

So I am in Florida right now for "Global Pet" which is a ginormous pet industry trade show. First month in the for profit sector and I'm already across the country on a biz trip... What up? Anyway while some products, like ours (www.bluedogbakery.com), are insanely awesome there are a few that are just plain insane. What for example? Oh I don't know... Pet caskets? I kid you not. I have. I have now had the in person experience of seeing AND touching a casket designed for your furry companion.

No time for more chatting. In honor of Leap Day Disneyworld is keeping the parks open for 24 hours! Gotta get a move on before it's bak to the expo in the a.m.!

Friday!

This week FLEW by.  I'm still at the office trying to finish up a newsletter and prep for Monday's trip to Orlando.  Yeah not sure if I mentioned it or not but I'm off to my first business trip next week!  HELLOOOOOO PER DIEM!

Today's been busy but with the help of the following mellow Friday music mix I've managed to say pretty "zenned out":

The Rabbit, the Bat, and the Reindeer - Dr. Dog

Ragged Wood - Fleet Foxes

Sun Down - Nik Freitas

House Built for Two - Delta Spirit

Goin' Home - Dan Auerbach

Ball of the Dead Rat - The Teeth

Listen My Son - The Unseen Ghost 

It was a pretty good week but I'm definitely looking forward to some downtime this weekend.  The only thing that makes me a little sad to say good-bye to the work week is knowing I won't see my  office buddy for a few days...

She left for Happy Hour a few hours ago and already it's been terribly lonely not having a moppety puppy to cuddle when the whim strikes!

But productivity has been higher.

Speaking of which... off I go to finish up!

Happy Friday and a merry weekend!